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Eric Jacobson

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Leadership Lessons From Abraham Lincoln

Eric Jacobson

Did Abraham Lincoln really say, " Get out of the office and circulate among the troops ," back in 1861? He did. But, not in those exact words. What he said, according to author Donald T. Phillips , is this: "His cardinal mistake is that he isolates himself, and allows nobody to see him; and by which he does not know what is going on in the very matter he is dealing with.

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Improve And Grow Your Leaders

Eric Jacobson

"If you want to improve an organization , improve its leaders. If you want to grow an organization , grow its leaders. When you increase the number of leaders you have and you make the leaders you have better, the potential of the organization increases greatly." These are great recommendations from Maxwell's newest book, and more specifically from the sections of his book on the importance of developing your employees: People Development Empowers Others to Fulfill Their Leadership Responsibilit

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